Advancements in fertility preservation provide oncology patients new options
Monday, January 3, 2011 - 23:00
in Health & Medicine
Many young people who've just learned that they have cancer also are told that the therapies that may save their lives could rob them of their ability ever to have children. Infertility caused by chemotherapy and radiation affects a sizable population: Of the 1.5 million people diagnosed with cancer in 2009, nearly 10 percent were still in their reproductive years.